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Funny, my dad only watched the miniseries and the finale. He wasn't interested in all the drama in between because he thought it was too convoluted, but he did like the finale. His comment was that at least it had some sci-fi to it (he still swears the show was directly ripped off Space Above and Beyond which I have to agree some elements are). But he shut it off when they were talking on Earth at the end lol.

Funny, my dad only watched the miniseries and the finale. He wasn't interested in all the drama in between because he thought it was too convoluted, but he did like the finale. His comment was that at least it had some sci-fi to it (he still swears the show was directly ripped off Space Above and Beyond which I have to agree some elements are). But he shut it off when they were talking on Earth at the end lol.

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habitual wrote:You do realize that the original series was created as a result of Erich von Daniken's Chariot of the Gods?

Hab

And the original series made no pretense of being a deep and realistic portrayal of human beings reacting to catacylsmic upheaval. From the very beginning of the original show, they were focused on high action and sci-fi absurdity. They spoke of mystical powers and wild aliens (the original cylons were reptilian aliens who made robots to serve them) as par for the fucking course. One epsiode guest starred the fucking devil. The actual fucking devil.

Conversely, RDM always went to great lengths to say that he wanted his series to be much more grounded in reality.

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habitual wrote:You do realize that the original series was created as a result of Erich von Daniken's Chariot of the Gods?

Hab

And the original series made no pretense of being a deep and realistic portrayal of human beings reacting to catacylsmic upheaval. From the very beginning of the original show, they were focused on high action and sci-fi absurdity. They spoke of mystical powers and wild aliens (the original cylons were reptilian aliens who made robots to serve them) as par for the fucking course. One epsiode guest starred the fucking devil. The actual fucking devil.

Conversely, RDM always went to great lengths to say that he wanted his series to be much more grounded in reality.

"You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute,And now and then stab, as occasion serves."

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TerriG wrote:Funny, my dad only watched the miniseries and the finale. He wasn't interested in all the drama in between because he thought it was too convoluted, but he did like the finale. His comment was that at least it had some sci-fi to it (he still swears the show was directly ripped off Space Above and Beyond which I have to agree some elements are). But he shut it off when they were talking on Earth at the end lol.

That would have been a good place to end it, right after they pan away from Adama sitting by Ros's grave. Perfect place for the credits to roll.

Rain Partier

TerriG wrote:Funny, my dad only watched the miniseries and the finale. He wasn't interested in all the drama in between because he thought it was too convoluted, but he did like the finale. His comment was that at least it had some sci-fi to it (he still swears the show was directly ripped off Space Above and Beyond which I have to agree some elements are). But he shut it off when they were talking on Earth at the end lol.

That would have been a good place to end it, right after they pan away from Adama sitting by Ros's grave. Perfect place for the credits to roll.

"You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute,And now and then stab, as occasion serves."

Twenty-Something

Strict31 wrote:And the original series made no pretense of being a deep and realistic portrayal of human beings reacting to catacylsmic upheaval. From the very beginning of the original show, they were focused on high action and sci-fi absurdity. They spoke of mystical powers and wild aliens (the original cylons were reptilian aliens who made robots to serve them) as par for the fucking course. One epsiode guest starred the fucking devil. The actual fucking devil.

Conversely, RDM always went to great lengths to say that he wanted his series to be much more grounded in reality.

All I know is that this whole ending has got to be a huge mind fuck for Sarah Palin.

Twenty-Something

Strict31 wrote:And the original series made no pretense of being a deep and realistic portrayal of human beings reacting to catacylsmic upheaval. From the very beginning of the original show, they were focused on high action and sci-fi absurdity. They spoke of mystical powers and wild aliens (the original cylons were reptilian aliens who made robots to serve them) as par for the fucking course. One epsiode guest starred the fucking devil. The actual fucking devil.

Conversely, RDM always went to great lengths to say that he wanted his series to be much more grounded in reality.

All I know is that this whole ending has got to be a huge mind fuck for Sarah Palin.

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Yet you give the BSG finale a 10, when it.. didn't give very many answers. Or make much coherent sense.

You sound awfully critical of it. I thought you loved BSG?

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Yet you give the BSG finale a 10, when it.. didn't give very many answers. Or make much coherent sense.

My enjoyment of stories usually comes down to the characters over plotting.
Plot heavy riddle-pictures & caper flix just aren't my bag [most of the time].

I understand some folks were keeping notebooks full of questions about BSG & are still doing so for Lost but, again, that's just not how I roll.

For me personally, I never had too much trouble following the motivations & emotions of the various characters on BSG.
I thought, as Anders might put it, the BSG finale was "perfect". Which is why I gave it a perfect score -- just as you Losties routinely give individual Lost epis perfect scores.

I honestly struggle to follow the individual motivations of most of those characters due to a critical lack of information --- Ideally all them seasons of flashbacks woulda covered that lack of info but instead they seemed to just use each & every opportunity (including the flashbacks) to create new questions instead of using the time to let us get a fuller grasp of who they are & what they want.

I usually guage characters by what they want. Besides Locke, Ben and a couple others I seriously can't get a grip on what most of the Lost characters want (outside of being rescued... ...although even that is obviously up in the air now).

I have no frickin clue what part Jeff Fahey's character has to play in the drama - beyond the obvious [pilot] - but because I dig his past works I'm always happy to see him get screentime. Sadly, that's what Lost is to me - highly budgeted "screentime" for some of my favorite genre actors. They may as well be reading the phonebook in front of an ILM bluescreen for all I can make of half the shit that goes down on Lost.

Lemme ask you this; considering what Lost has been & been about... do you think its finale will end w/ the answer or yet another question? Would you want to have to bet the farm on it?
I seriously wonder.

Yet you give the BSG finale a 10, when it.. didn't give very many answers. Or make much coherent sense.

My enjoyment of stories usually comes down to the characters over plotting.
Plot heavy riddle-pictures & caper flix just aren't my bag [most of the time].

I understand some folks were keeping notebooks full of questions about BSG & are still doing so for Lost but, again, that's just not how I roll.

For me personally, I never had too much trouble following the motivations & emotions of the various characters on BSG.
I thought, as Anders might put it, the BSG finale was "perfect". Which is why I gave it a perfect score -- just as you Losties routinely give individual Lost epis perfect scores.

I honestly struggle to follow the individual motivations of most of those characters due to a critical lack of information --- Ideally all them seasons of flashbacks woulda covered that lack of info but instead they seemed to just use each & every opportunity (including the flashbacks) to create new questions instead of using the time to let us get a fuller grasp of who they are & what they want.

I usually guage characters by what they want. Besides Locke, Ben and a couple others I seriously can't get a grip on what most of the Lost characters want (outside of being rescued... ...although even that is obviously up in the air now).

I have no frickin clue what part Jeff Fahey's character has to play in the drama - beyond the obvious [pilot] - but because I dig his past works I'm always happy to see him get screentime. Sadly, that's what Lost is to me - highly budgeted "screentime" for some of my favorite genre actors. They may as well be reading the phonebook in front of an ILM bluescreen for all I can make of half the shit that goes down on Lost.

Lemme ask you this; considering what Lost has been & been about... do you think its finale will end w/ the answer or yet another question? Would you want to have to bet the farm on it?
I seriously wonder.

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Nightfly wrote:Lemme ask you this; considering what Lost has been & been about... do you think its finale will end w/ the answer or yet another question? Would you want to have to bet the farm on it?I seriously wonder.

I don't know. But considering the amount of answers they've been giving since the start of Season 4, I'd bet that they'll answer 99% of the big questions.

Rain Partier

Nightfly wrote:Lemme ask you this; considering what Lost has been & been about... do you think its finale will end w/ the answer or yet another question? Would you want to have to bet the farm on it?I seriously wonder.

I don't know. But considering the amount of answers they've been giving since the start of Season 4, I'd bet that they'll answer 99% of the big questions.

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